Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Planning For The 2018 Garden

Alright, so maybe it is too early, considering we have about 8 months before anything can actually be planted outside!

The only reason I’m even entertaining the idea of next year’s garden is because of a yard sale.

You see, I have this thing where if I find a good deal at a yard sale, I just can’t pass it up. It doesn’t matter if I’ll use the stuff a year from now or maybe not even if all: if it’s a bargain, I’m all over it.

It just so happened that I found a ton of seeds & planters for a bargain basement price in a large garage in August.

It didn’t matter that these seeds are not what I would have normally chosen for a garden. They were super cheap & I had to have them!

Let’s take a look at what I bought:

Perennials!

I’ve been on the lookout for perennials to plant somewhere on our property. Of course by ‘on the lookout’, I mean I saw them at the sale with the words ‘perennial’ written on the tag & I had to have them! I have a pretty decent idea of where I want to put them, but nothing is rooted down yet! Haha!

These aren’t something I probably would have chosen if I had a larger selection, but they’ll work. Flowers that keep coming year after year without a lot of care? I’m all about that! Hopefully, they’ll make me look good because I’m really good at keeping flowers alive!

Annuals!

I just got done saying that I’m not a good candidate for keeping flowers alive, but here I am with the annuals! I only got a few packets so I figured I could probably keep them alive. One of the packets is sunflowers, which is a toss up for me. I actually planted sunflowers from plants our neighbors gave us & they disappeared! But, I had some sunflower seeds in the bird feed I had out & they turned into sunflowers, so I would consider that a success, even if I didn’t have anything to do with it!

Herbs!

I daydream about having a perfect herb garden & using fresh herbs while cooking. Of course, I never use fresh herbs while cooking, but that’s beside the point! I’m going to give these a go in the spring & see what happens.

Squash!

To be honest, I’m not a huge fan of baking with squash, but it’s so ridiculously easy to grow that I had to buy the seeds. I’ll definitely be on Pinterest trying to find squash recipes!

Watermelon!

Watermelon was one of those things that I wished I grew this year. I just didn’t have the space for it, but I’ll be making space next year! My husband said watermelon are difficult to grow, so we’ll see if they produce anything!

Tomatoes!

I had good luck when it came to growing tomatoes this year, so I’m hoping for a repeat next year! I got a couple different varieties so I’m anxious to see what will happen!

Carrots!

I don’t know anything about growing carrots, but I’m going to try them!

Peas!

Again, these are something I wouldn’t normally pick out, but I’m excited about growing them!

Onions!

I actually don’t even like green onions! I think they’re easy to grow, though, so I’m going to give them a try! Maybe I’ll learn to love them? Probably not!

Beans!

I like fresh green beans, so I can’t wait for these to grow!

A lot of these veggies are things I wouldn’t have normally chosen for my garden, but I’m excited to try to grow new things! Of course, I’ll probably add a million more things to the garden (SWEET CORN!), but this is a good start!